Clear the app cache and data on your Galaxy phone (2024)

FAQs

How do I clear cache and data on my Samsung phone? ›

Open Settings, and then swipe to and tap Apps. Select or search for the app you want to clear. Tap Storage, and then tap Clear cache. Note: The only way to clear the cache on every app at the same time would be to perform a factory reset on your phone.

Clear the app's cache & data

Clear cache: Deletes temporary data. Some apps may be slow the next time you open them. Clear storage: Permanently deletes all app data.

Clearing the cache on your Android phone can improve performance, fix app problems, and free up storage space.

Consider upgrading to a newer Samsung handset or clearing storage space or cache on your Android phone. Your phone accumulates a significant amount of data, making it difficult to process that data. Among this data is the cache. You can clear the cache manually through settings or with a third-party app.

When you uninstall an app from your Android device, the default behavior is to delete the app's cache and data. This means that all of the temporary files that the app created, as well as any user data that was stored in the app, will be deleted.

To make the experience seamless, clear the cache on the android device by opening the settings app and then tapping on the "Android Auto" menu in the list. Under "Storage" or "Storage Usage", you will see a button that says "Clear Cache" located there.

Launch the Settings app, and then select Battery and device care. Step 2. Tap Optimize now. Device care automatically optimizes your phone and clears the app's cache.

Is there a downside to clearing cache? ›

But even if you deleted more Browsing data than you intended to, for any normal sort of website the probable worst that would happen is you would be logged out of some websites, you would lose your browsing history, and websites might take a fraction longer to download than normal the first time you load them.

You might clear your cache because you are having problems with a website and want to try again with a "clean slate". Clearing the cache will remove all the temporary copies of a website and it's files, and the next time you visit the site it will be freshly downloaded (and hopefully without problems).

Clearing data will make you lose your data in that particular app including sign in and passwords. You will have to sign in before that app if it requires it. Clearing cache is the best thing to do.